- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd; 1st Edition edition (26 Sep 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1851495029
- ISBN-13: 978-1851495023
- Product Dimensions: 30.3 x 24.6 x 3.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 742,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Boxes are beguiling because they can have the double delight of an enticing exterior and the anticipation and satisfaction of a fully fitted interior. This comprehensive guide to the decoration, style, use and contents of all types of boxes from diverse cultures is the first book to cover both these aspects. The coverage of decoration and styles of boxes is remarkably complete and includes the traditional, the exotic and the eccentric. Folk art to Faberge, tea caddies to tinder boxes, medicine chests to music boxes, ditty to document, voting to vampire, painting, sewing and writing boxes are just some of the topics that are included. The result is a pictorial treat, the text lavishly illustrated with images of nearly 2,000 boxes. It should be a most valuable reference book for the dealer and collector alike.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you want to know anything about boxes of whatever kind, this must be the book you need.
Contents include:
Boxes for Eating, Drinking and Being Merry
Knife Cases and Boxes
Canteens and Cutlery Boxes
Boxed Tea and Coffee Services
Sweetmeat, Cachou / Comfit Boxes and Bonbonniares
Sugar and Biscuit Boxes
Bread and Cake Boxes
Salt and Spice Boxes
Food and Pantry Boxes
Boxed Ovens and Stoves
Lunch Boxes
Picnic, Travel and Vintage Car Boxes
Tea Bottles and Canisters
Tea Chests
Tea Caddies
Tea Poys
Decanter Boxes
Cellarets
Tobacco and Smoking Boxes
Snuffboxes
Betelboxes
Boxes for Work, Play and the Boudoir
Alms / Collection / Religious Boxes
Ballot, Voting and Masonic Boxes
Occupational Boxes - for Beekeeper, Bookie, Carpenter / Cabinetmaker and Cobbler, Crystal Sets and Telephones
Ditty Boxes
Document and Despatch Boxes
Draughtsmen's Boxes
Geological Boxes
Medical and Dental Boxes
Boxes for Money and Protection of Property
Oriental Merchant's Box, Painter / Decorator's Boxes, Presentation V.I.P. Boxes, Boxed Scales, Scientific Boxes, Servicemen's Christmas Boxes, Shopkeeper's Box, Tinsmith's Box, Tool Atuis, Box for the Train Driver, Washing and Ironing Boxes
Boxes related to Play and Hobbies
Christening Boxes and Games for Children
Games for Adults
Collector's Boxes, Fishing Boxes
Boxes related to Music
Necessaires de Voyage / Travel, Carriage Boxes, Travel Clocks, Watch Boxes
Paint Boxes
Pets and Cricket Boxes, Photographic Boxes and Magic Lanterns, Reading / Books / Book-form Boxes, Seed, Plant and Gardening Boxes
Boxes for Sewing / Needlework
Atuis, Small Necessaires, Sewing Sets and Boxed Sewing Tools
Sewing / Needlework Boxes
Sewing Compendia and Miniature and Standard Sewing Tables
Writing Boxes
Straw-work Writing Boxes
Portable Writing Desks
Stationery / Folio, Letter and Copying Boxes
Boxes related to the Boudoir
Toiletry Boxes for Men and Women
Fashion and Beautification - Boxed Buckles and Buttons, Card Cases, Boxed Chatelaines, Collar, Necktie and Stud Boxes, Comb Boxes, Fan Boxes, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes
Hatboxes
Jewellery Boxes
Minaudiares, Netsuke and Inro, Patch and Rouge Boxes
Perfume Boxes
Powder and Powder Puff Boxes, Shoeshine Boxes, Spectacle Cases, Wigs, Wig Boxes and Powderers
Contents include:
Boxes for Eating, Drinking and Being Merry
Knife Cases and Boxes
Canteens and Cutlery Boxes
Boxed Tea and Coffee Services
Sweetmeat, Cachou / Comfit Boxes and Bonbonniares
Sugar and Biscuit Boxes
Bread and Cake Boxes
Salt and Spice Boxes
Food and Pantry Boxes
Boxed Ovens and Stoves
Lunch Boxes
Picnic, Travel and Vintage Car Boxes
Tea Bottles and Canisters
Tea Chests
Tea Caddies
Tea Poys
Decanter Boxes
Cellarets
Tobacco and Smoking Boxes
Snuffboxes
Betelboxes
Boxes for Work, Play and the Boudoir
Alms / Collection / Religious Boxes
Ballot, Voting and Masonic Boxes
Occupational Boxes - for Beekeeper, Bookie, Carpenter / Cabinetmaker and Cobbler, Crystal Sets and Telephones
Ditty Boxes
Document and Despatch Boxes
Draughtsmen's Boxes
Geological Boxes
Medical and Dental Boxes
Boxes for Money and Protection of Property
Oriental Merchant's Box, Painter / Decorator's Boxes, Presentation V.I.P. Boxes, Boxed Scales, Scientific Boxes, Servicemen's Christmas Boxes, Shopkeeper's Box, Tinsmith's Box, Tool Atuis, Box for the Train Driver, Washing and Ironing Boxes
Boxes related to Play and Hobbies
Christening Boxes and Games for Children
Games for Adults
Collector's Boxes, Fishing Boxes
Boxes related to Music
Necessaires de Voyage / Travel, Carriage Boxes, Travel Clocks, Watch Boxes
Paint Boxes
Pets and Cricket Boxes, Photographic Boxes and Magic Lanterns, Reading / Books / Book-form Boxes, Seed, Plant and Gardening Boxes
Boxes for Sewing / Needlework
Atuis, Small Necessaires, Sewing Sets and Boxed Sewing Tools
Sewing / Needlework Boxes
Sewing Compendia and Miniature and Standard Sewing Tables
Writing Boxes
Straw-work Writing Boxes
Portable Writing Desks
Stationery / Folio, Letter and Copying Boxes
Boxes related to the Boudoir
Toiletry Boxes for Men and Women
Fashion and Beautification - Boxed Buckles and Buttons, Card Cases, Boxed Chatelaines, Collar, Necktie and Stud Boxes, Comb Boxes, Fan Boxes, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes
Hatboxes
Jewellery Boxes
Minaudiares, Netsuke and Inro, Patch and Rouge Boxes
Perfume Boxes
Powder and Powder Puff Boxes, Shoeshine Boxes, Spectacle Cases, Wigs, Wig Boxes and Powderers
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Feast for the Eyes
21 Oct 2006
Format:Hardcover
This is both a comprehensive publication and lovely tabletop book that is a feast for the mind, the senses, and the soul.
An exhaustive amount of research has gone in to this study of boxes from so many periods and regions of the world.
I think it is a steal for the price, and is my suggestion that anyone interested in this subject purchase the book now. It is one of those editions that will become an out-of-print costly collector's item in the not too distant future.
Thank you Ms. Cummins...just a joy.
Charles
An exhaustive amount of research has gone in to this study of boxes from so many periods and regions of the world.
I think it is a steal for the price, and is my suggestion that anyone interested in this subject purchase the book now. It is one of those editions that will become an out-of-print costly collector's item in the not too distant future.
Thank you Ms. Cummins...just a joy.
Charles
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
antique boxes
14 Dec 2005
Format:Hardcover
Beautifully illustrated book Covers an amazing range of topics Every topic is covered in depth with a very readable text A great gift for any collector whether amateur or "expert" The examples range from museum pieces to objects you could find in your local antique store True value
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